Hinge.



W. A. WEBSTER.

HINGE.

APPLIUATION FILED APB.1B, 1912.

Patented July 7, 1914.

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W. A. WEBSTER.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED APBJB, 1912.

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WILLIAM A. WEBSTER, 0F GALESBURG, ILLINoIs.

HINGE.

Specification of letters Patent.

Patented July *7, 1914..

Application filed April 18, 1912. Serial No. 691,597.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that 1, WILLIAM A. Wnns'rnn, a

citizen of the United States,.and a resident of.

Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Hinge, of which the followlng 1s a specification.

My lnventlon relates to horlzontallyswinging gates, and particularly tothat type.

thereof known as truss gates, or nosag gates.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a novel and generallyimproved hinge construction therefor.

Another object relates to improvements in the pintle-receiving membersof the hinge; and still another to the relative arrangement of partsforming the hinges.

By means of the illustrated and herein described arrangement of theparts I provide not only a much more rigid. gate structure than hasheretofore been known, but attain thereby several subsidiary objects,part of which will be specifically pointed out and others of which willbe obvious.

In order that the nature of the invention may be fully and thoroughlyunderstood I have hereto appended drawings of the pre ferred and severalmodified forms of hinges and hinge members, two of which are shown asapplied to a gate body.

Describing the several. Views of said drawings: Figure 1 is aperspective, showing. a gate body, broken in two, having applied theretomy novel truss arrangement, and showing also two forms of my improvedknuckles or pintle-receiving members; Fig. 2, a perspective, partlybroken away and partly in section, of the upper hinge menu ber shown inFig. 1; Fig. 3, a perspective, partly broken away, of the lower hingemember shown at said Fig. 1; Fig.4, a modification, a perspective of anupper knuckle; Fig. 5, a modification, a. perspective of a lowerknuckle; Fig. 6, a modification, a perspective of the knuckle shown inFig. 4, seen from below; Fig. 7, a modification, a perspective of anupper hinge, partly broken away; Fig. 8, a modification, a perspectiveof an upper knuckle; Fig. 9, a modification, a perspective of a. hinge;Fig. 10, a modification, a perspective, seen from the bottom, of thehinge shown in Fig. 8, with the truss straps in place; and Fig. 11, amodification, a perspective of a knuckle. Figs. 8-11inclusive showreversible knuckles, or knl'lckles which are adapted for either theupper or lower hinge, and Figs. 2-11 are greatly enlarged with referenceto Fig. l.

In considering the several views in detail the same reference numeralwill be employed in each to designate the same or a like part. Referringnow to Fig. 1, 2 represents each gate slat, and 3 each standard of anordinary type of farm gate, the usual bolts l and nuts 5 being employedto unite them. (3 18 a pmtle, which also may be of selected structure.Now see Fi 7 designates a cast knuckle or pintle-receiving hinge member,preferably chilled, and is provided with a vertically arranged pocket oraperture 8 which receives the pintle. Its forward portion projectsupwardly and is provided with channels 9 in which the truss-straps 10have placement, the channels being afforded by ribs 11..

The web 12 is transversely apertured at 21 for the reception of a boltLl; which passes also through coinciding apertures in the straps 10 andis secured by a nut 15. In this knuckle and in all the othersillustrated the truss-receiving aperture, whether it be a socket, achannel, a slot, or an opening extending entirely through the body ofthe knuckle, is disposed at an angle of a p 'n'oximately 415 to thepiutle-receiving opening 8, in order that the d 'aft on the upper andthe pressure or resistance on the lower knuckles will be in a directline and thus positive, and further in order to eliminate the strain orstress which is nc .:cssarily placed upon any bent portionsuch as oneparalleling a slat-which may be present, which bent portion, beingbolted to said slat,

nurses the slat to split at that cndthis because of the leverage andweight of the free end of the gate. in each knuckle shown in Figs. 1 to7, inclusive, the pintlo-rccciving aperture is a pocket, the openinginto which is downwardly directed, whereby the elements and dust areexcludml therefrom, thus preventing friction. Also, the hearing may ormay not thus be on the point of the vertical arm of the pintlc-thisbeing optional and depending upon its length, it will be ob served thatthe knuckle is in the form of a knob or block, devoid of breakableextensions.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the same knuckle shown at the upper corner in F1, but greatly enlarged. The cross section of the forward portion of theknuckle is substantially the same as that of the lower one but thechannel 9 is continuous, whereby the band or fold of a continuous trussstrap 16, which is an enlongated U-strap, may lie and be secured thereinby a bolt 14 and nut 15, which uniting means I have illustrated asapplicable to the several types of the species herein shown excepting inFig. 7, but in which, it. will be evident, the bolt and nut may bereadily employed by a slight adaptation.

In the knuckle illustrated by Fig. 7 two straps which for the purposeshereof may be designated by the reference character 10-they beingduplicates of the lower pair l0enter pockets which, inasmuch as they areto all intents and purposes the same as the channels 9, E shalldesignate by that numeral. This scheme of enumeration is carried outherethrough and in the several figures of the drawings.

Fig. 6 shows the knuckle shown in Fig. 4, but seen from below.

In Fig. 7 I have illustrated a knuckle provided with truss-receivingapertures 9 extending entirely through the body thereof. The ends of thestraps project through and are bent over on the rear portion of theknuckle. One strap may be omitted if preferred.

Fig. 8 shows a knuckle provided with a pintle receiving apertureextending through, and shows also a pair of strap-receiving apertures orchannels 9. This type, as also those shown in Figs. 9 and 11, may beused as either the upper or lower knuckle.

Fig. 9 shows a knuckle similar to that illustrated in Fig. 8, butadapted for a single strap.

Fig. 10 illustrates the application of the truss straps to the knuckleshown by Fig. 8.

Fig. 11. shows still another form of reversible, single-strapengagingbuckle.

The improvement in the truss construction, besides its direct or rightline connection with the knuckles, resides in connecting the bottomboard of the gate to the upper gate is afforded.

knuckle, and in connecting the lower knuckle to the median portion ofthe upper diagonal member or members. The lower end of the longtrussmember, which is a supporting or draft member, being connected quite adis tance outward from its hinged end the leverage is consequently muchless than if it were discontinued at the meeting point of the upper andlower members. Again, if so .discontinued each acts on the end of theother as a lever, while in the structure shown there is no leverage, butthe end of one bears on the midlength of the other and vice versa. Tworight angled triangles having a common vertex at 20 are thus created,whereby a structure greatly intensifying the strength, durability andinflexibility of the Both the knuckle and the several truss straps havebeen and shall hereinafter be considered as hinge members.

I am aware that the nut 15 might be omitted and that the head of thebolt 14 might be riveted to lock the knuckle and strap 111 engagement,but this I consider the equivalent and an evasion of the constructionsillustrated in this application and my prior patent hereinbeforereferred to.

Having thus set forth the construction and operation, the purposes andadvantages of my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent the following, to-wit:

A gate-hinge member consisting of a knoblike knuckle having in one ofits sides a channel adapted to receive a diagonally arrangedgate-supporting element, said knuckle provided with a transverseaperture whereby the gate-supporting member may be socured thereto.

In Witness whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature this 23rd day ofFebruary, 1912.

WILLIAM A. WEBSTER.

In the presence of P. D. DUFF, CARL A. APPLEGREN.

topics of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, n. C.

